Google and Android avoid ‘bullet through the head’ as Cyanogen lays off staffers

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by Sindy Cator on July 24, 2016 at 4:14 pm

Android can be a minefield, but it seems one of the landmines may have detonated itself. Cyanogen Inc., which handled the software behind the OnePlus One, is reportedly in the midst of massive layoffs and a ‘pivot’ to apps. What’s Cyanogen? Cyanogen started as an alternative to Google’s stock Android that had to hardware home. Users were free to download Cyanogen ROM and ‘flash’ it to their Android handsets, and still are. Free to use, Cyanogen has its roots in the ‘modding’ community and started as a side project for a few engineers. It quick;y became incredibly popular, and those who masterminded…